=7- 



Naval Ordnance Laboratory package their wastes in much the same fashion as 

 the ABC installations, ioec, with concrete inside 55 gallon drums. The 

 National -'■nstitutes of Health and the Naval Research ■laboratory uniquely 

 package their wastes with concrete inside small size pre-cast'=<;oncrete 

 burial vaults. 



The USF&WS disposes of their wastes in an area 8 miles off shore from 



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their installation at approximately 34 32 'N - 76 40 'W. Wastes from the 

 other agencies ar« disposed of by the U, Sc Coast Guard in a (Navy) designated 

 ammimition disposal area off Norfolk, Va., centered at approximately 36°30'N - 

 74°18'Wo 



Private Operations s Table 3 summarizes waste disposal operations by 

 private companies including the Crossroads Marine Disposal Company which is in 

 the business of disposing of radioactive waste materials for others « The other 

 firms listed dispose of their own wastes. In comparison with the operations 

 of the ABC and the other agencies^ these private waste disposal operations 

 appear to be very small^ radioactivity-wise « 



The disposal locations used by these private companies are as varied 

 as the listing of firms. It appears that the oil tankers dispose of their 

 companies' wastes while enroute to foreign ports. Woods Hole Oceanographie 

 Institute disposes of their radioactive wastes 2 miles off shore, while 

 Crossroads Marine disposes the wastes it receives in Massachusetts Bay. 



Upper Limit to Sea Disposal Operations 



Table 4 is a listing of isotopes shipped from Oak Ridge to users east 

 of the Mississippi River, btrt including Texas and Loxiisiana, This listing 

 does not indicate the wastes which are disposed of in the sea, but it does 



